| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Objective and Perspective of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Significance of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-28页 |
| ·English Thematising Structures | 第16-23页 |
| ·The Definition of English Thematising Structures | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Study at the Syntactic Level | 第21-23页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Definition of Grammaticalization | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Development Periods | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Mechanisms of Grammaticalization | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Motivations of Grammaticalization | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Word Order and English Thematising Structures | 第28-40页 |
| ·Word Order of Inflectional Languages | 第28-30页 |
| ·Word Order and English Thematising Structures | 第30-40页 |
| ·Modern English Word Order and Its Thematising Structures | 第31-37页 |
| ·Old English Word Order and Its Thematising Structures | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Grammaticalization of English Thematising Structures | 第40-60页 |
| ·Grammaticalizaion of Passivization | 第40-52页 |
| ·Passive Voice in Old English | 第40-42页 |
| ·Passive Voice in Middle English | 第42-46页 |
| ·Grammatical Motivations for the Grammaticalizaion of Passivization | 第46-52页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of Tough Movement and It-Extraposition | 第52-57页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of Tough Movement | 第52-54页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of It-Extraposition | 第54-55页 |
| ·Grammatical Motivations for the Grammaticalization of It-Extraposition | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-60页 |
| ·The Loss of the Inflectional System | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Establishment of the SVO Word order | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第60-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Future study | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-65页 |
